Dr. Zhejian (Jerry) Cao 曹哲荐 received the Ph.D. degree in Engineering Materials at Luleå University of Technology (2017-2021). Jerry has worked as a postdoc at Sysbio, Chalmers University of Technology from 2022 to 2025.
Jerry has started his PI position as researcher at SLU since 2026, funded by VR starting grant.
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Interests
- Metal-organic frameworks
- Graphene
- Antimicrobial applications
- Gas sorption
- 3D printing techniques
Education
Ph.D. in Materials Science, 2021
Luleå University of Technology
MSc in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2016
KU Leuven and Chalmers University of Technology
BSc in Materials science and engineering, 2014
Southwest Jiaotong University
Latest
- Green-synthesized silver nanoparticles against textitStreptococcus mutans: antibacterial activity and transcriptomic insights into planktonic and biofilm states
- Cover in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2026
- Jerry recently joins SLU
- Self-Cleaning Mechano-Bactericidal Surfaces by Metal–Organic Framework Embedded Polycaprolactone Composites
- New paper out in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
- Multiscale Three-Dimensional Vertical Graphene-Encapsulated Nanoparticle Coatings for Antibacterial Applications against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria
- Cover in ADVANCED SCIENCE 2025
- Special Issue in Sustainability
- Jerry receives the VR starting grant
- Jerry gave invited seminar at the University of Split
- New paper out in Advanced Science
- Ivan Mijakovic and Jerry got the AoA Health grant 2025
- New paper out in Chemical Communications
- Mechano-Bactericidal Surfaces Achieved by Epitaxial Growth of Metal–Organic Frameworks
- On metal-organic framework isomers, and the SF6 sorption and fluorescence of an In and a Zr MOF with a tritopic linker
- Free-standing 3D-printed monoliths of SrCl2 for ammonia storage as a hydrogen carrier
- Jerry participates Science and Technology Day 2025
- New paper out in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
- Jerry participates WISE dialogue 2025 in Stockholm
- Group meeting with Ocean and Lars
- Celebrating 600 anniversary for KU Leuven
- Available positions for 2026
- Kristian joins as a visiting Ph.D. student
- Vertical graphene nanoarray decorated with Ag nanoparticles exhibits enhanced antibacterial effects
- Prof. Feng visited Chalmers, Gothenburg
- Master project/internship/thesis oppotunities for 2025
- MOF2024 in Singapore
- Lucas joins as a master internship student
- Jerry receives the Aforsk travel grant 2024
- Antibacterial applications of biologically synthesized Pichia pastoris silver nanoparticles
- Synthesis of Metal–Organic Frameworks through Enzymatically Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate
- EuroMOF2023 in Granada
- New paper out in ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng.
- Nobel Symposium NS193 at Karlskoga
- MOF Presymposium at Chalmers
- Jerry participates WISE welcome meeting in Norrköping
- Antibiotic-Loaded Boron Nitride Nanoconjugate with Strong Performance against Planktonic Bacteria and Biofilms
- Polydopamine/graphene oxide coatings loaded with tetracycline and green Ag nanoparticles for effective prevention of biofilms
- Research of TE behaviour and compression property of porous Ni–Al–Cr intermetallic compounds in the β phase region
- Nihal defended his master's thesis
- Nihal participates Science and Technology Day 2023 and CARe annual conference
- Lucas joins as a master internship student
- Jerry presents at vetenskapsfestivalen 2023
- Jerry receives the Nils Philblads travel grant 2023
- Lars got the EI Nano grant 2022
- Graphene Oxide Attenuates Toxicity of Amyloid-β Aggregates in Yeast by Promoting Disassembly and Boosting Cellular Stress Response
- New paper out in RSC Advances
- Nihal joins as a master's thesis student
- Calcium/strontium chloride impregnated zeolite A and X granules as optimized ammonia sorbents
- Ivan got the WISE postdoc funding 2022
- The bachelor and master thesis fair day in health and technology
- PEST-BIN summer school 2022 successfully held in Chalmers
- Master project/internship/thesis oppotunities
- Jerrylab master student reunion 2022
- Effect of the heating rate on the thermal explosion behavior and oxidation resistance of 3D-structure porous NiAl intermetallic
- Yeast Lipid Conference (YLC) 2022 successfully held in Chalmers
- Jerry won best poster for Science and Technology Day 2022
- Jerry Giving Guest Lecture for UCM010
- CCU-Net Syposium Successfully Held
- Jerry Defended His Doctoral Thesis
- A phase conversion method to anchor ZIF-8 onto a PAN nanofiber surface for CO2 capture
- Jerry Nailed His Doctoral Thesis
- CCU-Net Syposium Call for Abstract
- 3D-Printed Zeolite NaX-Magnesium Chloride Units as Ammonia Carriers textbar Energy Proceedings
- Jerry Visiting CUMT
- Cover in ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
- Hello World!
- Graphene Networks: Porous Strontium Chloride Scaffolded by Graphene Networks as Ammonia Carriers (Adv. Funct. Mater. 30/2021)
- Porous Strontium Chloride Scaffolded by Graphene Networks as Ammonia Carriers
- Structured Ammonia Carriers for Selective Catalytic Reduction
- Rapid Ammonia Carriers for SCR Systems Using MOFs [M2(adc)2(dabco)] (M = Co, Ni, Cu, Zn)
- Carbon-reinforced MgCl2 composites with high structural stability as robust ammonia carriers for selective catalytic reduction system
- Vertically Aligned Graphene Coating is Bactericidal and Prevents the Formation of Bacterial Biofilms
- Substrate-dependent resistance decrease of graphene by ultraviolet-ozone charge doping
- Ultrahigh Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering of Graphene from Au/Graphene/Au Sandwiched Structures with Subnanometer Gap